Non-Traditional Wedding Cakes

Lemon-Raspberry Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

ingredients
3 batches fluffy white cake
1 batch lemon curd
9 cups (36 ounces) fresh raspberries or 3 (12-ounce) bags frozen raspberries, thawed and drained
3 batches meringue buttercream
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Lemon-Berry Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

ingredients
For cake
13 large eggs
5 1/2 cups sugar
2 2/3 cups vegetable oil
2 2/3 cups part-skim ricotta cheese (about 21 ounces)
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup grated lemon peel (from about 8 lemons)
3 tablespoons orange liqueur
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
8 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt (more…)

Fresh Orange Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Ingredients
7 batches Basic Cake Recipe
Buttercream Frosting
Apricot Mousse Filling
1 (14-inch) cardboard cake round
1 (12-inch) cardboard cake round
1 (6-inch) cardboard cake round
Plastic straws
1 (2-foot-long) wooden dowel, 1/4-inch in diameter
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Fondant-Covered Wedding Cake With Raspberries And Chocolate

Monday, July 30th, 2007

ingredients
For cake
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 2-pound box cake flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
5 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups water, room temperature
6 large egg whites
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate bars, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
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Double Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Ingredients
1 box chocolate cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup water
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Chocolate Frosting
1/4 cup raspberry jam
2 pints fresh raspberries
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Dark Chocolate Wedding Cake with Chocolate Orange Ganache and Orange Buttercream

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Ingredients
For cake layers:
13/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
13/4 cups boiling water
4 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
one 8-ounce container sour cream
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
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Dairy Free Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

for the cake
1.5 kg (3.3 lb) 10 cups of raisins
1 kg (2.2 lb) 7 cups of dried currants
500 g (17 oz) 3 cups of dried pineapple, chopped
600 g (1 lb 5 oz) 7 cups of glace cherries, halved
500 g (17 oz) 3 cups of dried figs, chopped
400 g (14 oz) 4 1/2 cups of candied citrus peel, chopped
250 g (8 1/2 oz) 1 3/4 cups of stoned (pitted) dates, chopped
600 g (1 lb 5 oz) 4 1/2 cups of rice flour
600 g (1 lb 5 oz) 4 1/2 cups of millet flour
1 teaspoon of salt (more…)

Coconut Carrot Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Cake ingredients
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup grated carrots
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup crushed pineapples, not drained
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
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Chocolate-Strawberry-Orange Wedding Cake

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Ingredients
Cake Layers
4 cups orange juice, room temperature
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped

6 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
6 cups sugar
8 large eggs, room temperature
2 tablespoons (packed) grated orange peel
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 12 ounces)
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